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Authors are reading their books, artists are sharing their work, neighbors checking on neighbors – so inspiring to see people helping people during these challenging times. Many families are trying for the first time to figure out how to schedule learning time, how to...

Do you ever wonder what works well in another homeschooling family so you can steal a few good ideas? Here is a shortlist of a few of my favorite homeschooling things most recently. Feel free to steal anything you like! Co-Op When we first started out in our academic...

One of the most rewarding steps in our homeschooling journey has been tackling the task of learning how to read. Also, the most mind-numbing step in our homeschooling journey has been tackling the task of teaching a kid to read. Do you remember sitting on the couch,...

This year I was reminded of the importance of celebrating milestones when our oldest daughter moved up from the children’s group at our church into the teen group. The Children’s Pastor prepared a few words to bless and affirm each child in front of the families...

Is it painful to see your child slamming his head against a wall when all he has to do is write a simple paragraph? What if that could change? Expectations The subject of Language Arts comes with a mixed bag of expectations. While your child is learning all about...

Music has always been a big part of my life. From cleaning the house on Saturday mornings as a five-year-old with records playing to taking flute and piano lessons, I’ve enjoyed the music. How can you make music part of your homeschooling experience? Lessons The most...

In the public school I attended growing up, there were labels. One glance around the cafeteria and you could see students sitting with their particular group, and once you received a certain label it was almost impossible to shake. One of the things I love about...

There are hundreds maybe even thousands of options when it comes to homeschooling. If you talk with a homeschooling parent, they will tell you all about the many different books, classes, and activities their family loves. How can you narrow things down if you are...

One of the greatest perks of homeschool is that . . . it doesn’t always happen at home! Museum, park, musical event – the possible venues for your homeschool classroom are endless! What has been your favorite homeschool field trip? Let us know and you could win a free...

One of the best lessons I have learned as a parent lately was taken from a short lesson in our simple detective textbooks- you know those thin, little supplementary books you buy in a moment of weakness? Yep, one of those. My kids and I learned that one of the most...

Have you ever had an eye-opening moment from a source where you least expected it? (I guess that is why the “ah-ha” feels more amazing than it should in my situation….but I digress.) You see, I was talking with a public school teacher (here is where most homeschool...

If you're a homeschool parent, it's likely that two of your first questions, when you started out teaching your own children, were something like "what kind of teaching methods should I use?" and "should I focus on curriculum designed for my child's current grade...

For some, the thought of adding “extras” to your day sends shivers up your spine and makes you want to hide under the school table. You already have a full to-do list and the idea of seeing more people is a lot to handle. For others, the problem with adding “extras”...

An awareness of the fact that I am a lot more extroverted than I previously knew. I was the shy kid growing up, never wanting to raise my hand in class. But, as an adult, I have learned that my shyness had more to do with some fears and insecurities than a lack of...

The latest family birthday launched us into the teen years with our eldest child. Her sister and I spent an afternoon planning her party by preparing invitations, planning party games and picking a delicious menu. Her friends were invited, as well as some adults who...

Some schools have spirit week, our homeschool has a Special Focus week. A Special Focus week consists of packing away all of our regular textbooks and spending most of our school hours deeply studying a specific skill or area of interest. This year, we became experts...

I seem to have a quarterly ritual of digging into the depths of our school closet to find something I thought I owned, want to use later in the week, or to share a resource with someone else. To the average reader, this might not sound like a huge task, except that...

Valentine’s Day is around the corner. Time to dust off the romantic records and polish the poetry skills. What if I told you that you could potentially bring home something better than a box of chocolates just by sharing what you love about homeschool? On February 15,...

Have you ever had too many intersecting thoughts running through your head at the same time? My brain has been like a tossed salad lately as I’ve watched my older kids grow in frustration with your current language arts program. The jumbled thoughts came because I was...

As I began to homeschool my first grader over the last few months, I felt encouraged by the local homeschooling groups I joined on social media. Just today, one of the other new homeschool moms posted a question I continue to try and figure out “what records do we...

Every once in awhile, you might get a strange feeling. A twinge that you don’t quite fit in, you aren’t worthy of the job you’ve taken on as a homeschooler who may not have a Master’s Degree in education. The imposter syndrome can sneak up on you and make you feel...